D-Link DAP-1325 HNAP SetWLanRadioSettings Channel command injection

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in D-Link DAP-1325. The affected element is the function SetWLanRadioSettings of the component HNAP. The manipulation of the argument Channel results in command injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-44403. The attack needs to be approached within the local network. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in D-Link DAP-1325 (affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function SetWLanRadioSettings of the component HNAP. The manipulation of the argument Channel with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

D-Link DAP-1325 HNAP SetWLanRadioSettings Channel Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of D-Link DAP-1325 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of a request parameter provided to the HNAP1 SOAP endpoint. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-18822.

The weakness was presented 10/05/2023 as ZDI-23-1501. The advisory is shared for download at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-44403 since 09/28/2023. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 03/13/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• D-Link

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• DAP-1325

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.dlink.com/

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